Geography
Which state is San Francisco, Berkeley, Emeryville, Santa Rosa, Napa, and Pacifica located in?
California
What tense is this sentence in?
"She sold sea shells by the seashore"
What is the word for the feeling of pain that stays constant?
(Pronunciation matters)
Ache
(Toothache, stomachache, heartache)
Which religion celebrated Rosh Hashanah on September 15?
Judaism
Who were the two major empires of the Middle Ages?
Roman Empire and Byzantine
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
How are sentences formed in the present perfect?
Subject + have/has + past participle
What is the word for someone smart and open to thinking and new ideas?
Intellectual
What country did Hinduism originate in?
India
Johannes Gutenberg (printing press), Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Charlemagne, Donatello, Botticelli, Dante, etc
What is the capital of Mongolia?
Ulaanbaatar
What is the structure of a question for this present perfect sentence?
"He has written several books already."
Has/have + subject + past participle + time expression
"Has he written several books already?"
Define the word "trivial"
Unimportant, passing interest, little value
What are the three main beliefs of Buddhism?
Karma, rebirth, and impermanence
What were the decades of the Trail of Tears, the ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of several tribes?
1830-1850s in US (present-day Oklahoma)
Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw
What is the capital of Indonesia?
Jakarta
Explain the difference between "yet" and "still" for present perfect.
Yet: the action has not been completed, and will be done in the future
Still: the action has not been completed, and will be done in the future, but the speaker is shocked or surprised by it
Define the word "motivation"
An eagerness and willingness to do something without needing to be told or forced
How many angels are in Catholicism, a branch of Christianity?
Seven, three of which are named: archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Rafael.
How many countries were in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? What were they?
15 - Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldavia, Georgia, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan
What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Kinshasa
How would an American use "already" to say the sentence below? (BONUS - can you explain why)
"I've been to Italy twice already, but I still don't speak much Italian"
simple past + already
"I went to Italy twice already, but I still don't speak much Italian."
Define "tension"
A nervous feeling that makes it impossible to relax
Islamic art, seen below, focuses on patterns and Arabic calligraphy. Why?
The depiction or images of people and animals is believed to be idolatry, which is a sin in the religion.
With the change of the Shang dynasty to the Zhou in 550 BCE, what replaced Taoism as the main philosophy?
(Note - dynasty: line of hereditary rulers in a country)
Confucianism